netdev - Re: iproute u32 filter

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Date:	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:01:02 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Paweł Staszewski <pstaszewski@...are.pl>
CC:	Linux Network Development list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: iproute u32 filter - server hang

Paweł Staszewski wrote:
> W dniu 2010-03-31 11:46, Patrick McHardy pisze:
>>>>> tc filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent 1:101 u32 match ip
>>>>> protocol 1
>>>>> 0xff flowid 1:101
>>>>>
>>>>> ping 212.77.100.101
>>>>> And after this server will stop responding to anything - without any
>>>>> error (hang).
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>> This is caused by hfsc_classify() looping endlessly since the filter
>>>> points to the originating class. hfsc_bind_tcf() is actually supposed
>>>> to prevent this, but it only prevents resolving the filter immediately
>>>> and we still run into the loop at runtime.
>>>>
>>>> This patch (based on how CBQ handles this) should abort classification
>>>> and fall back to the default class. It would be better to simply catch
>>>> this at configuration time, but that looks a bit more involved. I'll
>>>> try
>>>> to look into it this weekend.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>> I check this also with htb and the same problem like with hfsc.
>>> This rules also hang my server.
>>>      
>> Yes, HTB doesn't even catch loops when binding filters. As I said,
>> its a larger piece of work, for now please just try the patch I
>> sent.
>>    
> 
> Yes.
> Your patch fix this problem.

Thanks for testing, I'll let you know once I have a complete
patch for this problem.
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